Between his exploits with the Canadian band New Pornographers and his solo project, Destroyer, Dan Bejar has been an undeniably influential presence in the indie rock world since this millennium began. With songs marked by an unimitatable vocal cadence and lyrics that revel in the tawdry, Bejar is often saddled with the “louche” descriptor similarly […]
David Klein
Bio: David Klein lives in Chapel Hill with his wife and two sons. His first book, If 6 Was 9 and Other Assorted Number Songs, is available at his website.Link: http://www.if6was9thebook.com/Twitter: http://twitter.com/DKleinandFall
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Record Review: Young Yonder’s Debut Stays Close to Home
YOUNG YONDER Young Yonder Self-released Young Yonder doesn’t make good of the young part of its name; neither its members nor its preferred genres are new to the scene. But as for “yonder”a term of Middle English origin that has attained a distinctly Southern associationthe Raleigh sextet delivers. An assortment of distinctly Southern characters, all […]
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Record Review: Raleigh’s Naked Naps Explore Urgency on Year of the Chump
NAKED NAPS Year of the Chump Self Aware Records A seismic moment occurred in the late sixties when power trios rejected the two-guitar model made standard by the Beatles and eliminated one guitar. Taking away the bass yields an even more primal concoction, yet, as bands like the White Stripes, Black Keys, and the Kills […]
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Local Poet Michael Chitwood Draws Deeply from the Triangle in a New Anthology of Creative Nonfiction from Our State
BEST CREATIVE NONFICTION OF THE SOUTH, VOLUME II: NORTH CAROLINA Tuesday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m., free The Regulator Bookshop, Durham www.regulatorbookshop.com Any adequate literary accounting of North Carolina would seem to require certain elements. The state’s natural beauty, the sound of its spoken language, and the history of its land and people. Cultural traditions of […]
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Record Review: After More Than a Decade, Erie Choir Finally Releases Its Second Record
ERIE CHOIR Old Rigs PotLuck Ten years is an eternity in rock ‘n’ roll, where waiting too long to release new product can lose a band its audience. But in the case of Erie Choir, which has just released its first LP in a decade, the struggles and life changes that occurred between releases have […]
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The Wicked Witch, a New Music Venue, Opens in Raleigh Thursday Night
Raleigh will grow richer by one live-music venue as of tomorrow. The owners of Ruby Deluxe, which offers live music and d.j. sets, have announced the opening of The Wicked Witch at 416 W. South Street. Pegged as Ruby Deluxe’s “nasty-cool big sister,” The Wicked Witch will continue in the spirit of its predecessor. Daniel […]
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Crowmeat Bob Shares Some Rules and Regulations of His Highly Improvised Artistry
CROWMEAT BOB & FRIENDS Wednesdays through Nov. 29, 9 p.m., $5 The Cave, Chapel Hill www.caverntavern.com Bob Pence has gone by Crowmeat Bob for as long as anyone around these parts can remember. When the INDY conferred an Indies Arts Award upon him twelve years ago, praising him for his iconoclasm, inclusivity, and devotion to […]
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Yep Roc Records’ Glenn Dicker Reflects on Twenty Years of Legacy-Building LPs
YEP ROC 20 Friday, Oct. 20–Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m., $50–$80 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro www.catscradle.com In 1997, Glenn Dicker was the head of his own small label, Upstart Records, and Tor Hansen was the owner of a new distribution company called Redeye when these two old friends ended up in North Carolina and decided to […]
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Manage Your Anger with Local Documentary All the Rage (Saved by Sarno)
The medical establishment often takes a grudging view of the mind-body connection. In cases of persistent, debilitating pain not resulting from bodily trauma or chronic condition, standard treatments tend toward physical manipulation or surgery, often after endless rounds of expensive diagnostic tests. John Sarno, who died this year, was a physician and researcher at NYU […]
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Hiss Golden Messenger’s New Hallelujah Anyhow Is a Concentrated Effort from a Well-Oiled Machine
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER Hallelujah Anyhow Merge Records Occupying the nebulous realm where neo-psychedelic country meets soulful Americana, Durham’s Hiss Golden Messenger has steadily raised its national profile since breaking out with Lateness of Dancers in 2014. Before a North American tour that includes arena dates with Mumford & Sons, the band already has a follow-up […]